- instance, the
diphthongs /ei ou/
monophthongized to /eː oː/
around the 5th
century BC, and the
diphthong /ai/
monophthongized to /eː/ in the
Koine Gr**** period...
- A
monophthong (/ˈmɒnəfθɒŋ, ˈmɒnəp-/ MON-əf-thong, MON-əp-; from
Ancient Gr**** μονόφθογγος (monóphthongos) 'one sound', from μόνος (mónos) 'single' and...
-
centering diphthongs: [eə̯], [øə̯], and [oə̯] or are
lengthened and
monophthongized to [ɪː], [øː], and [ʊː] The
dialect of
Hamont (in Limburg) has five...
-
vocalic diphthongs: *ai, *au and *ei. In Proto-Slavic,
these were
monophthongized as follows, with the
subscript indicating whether the
vowels trigger...
-
whose quality does not
change throughout the
vowel is
called a
monophthong.
Monophthongs are
sometimes called "pure" or "stable" vowels. A
vowel sound...
- many
speakers had an /ɛː/
monophthong in pain
distinct from an /æː/
monophthong in pane. /ɑw/, as in cause,
became monophthongized to /ɒː/,
later raising...
-
traits of
later Koine phonology. By the 4th
century BC,
Boeotian had
monophthongized most diphthongs, and
featured a
fricative γ. In
contrast with Ionic-Attic...
- "punishment" and pūnīre "to punish".
Early Old
Latin ⟨ei⟩
usually monophthongized to a
later Old
Latin ⟨ē⟩, to
classical ⟨ī⟩. By the late
Roman Empire...
- each
syllable consists of a
nucleus that has a
vowel (which can be a
monophthong, diphthong, or even a
triphthong in
certain varieties),
preceded by an...
-
southern portion of the
eastern ridges and lowlands. The
appearance of
monophthongs in this
region is
sometimes attributed to the high
degree of Scandinavian...
